Echo Dot with Clock (2022) review: an almost perfect smart speaker - The Verge

The fifth-gen Echo Dot is faster, with better bass, a more useful display, and a new temperature sensor. Plus, it can double as an Eero mesh Wi-Fi extender — but I want my audio jack back.

The Verge homepageThe Verge homepageThe VergeThe Verge logo./Tech/Reviews/Science/Entertainment/MoreMenuExpandThe VergeThe Verge logo.MenuExpandSmart Home ReviewsEcho Dot with Clock (2022) review: a good timeWith better sound, faster responses, and more sensors, Amazon’s Echo Dot with Clock fifth-gen is more useful for your smart home and remains the best budget smart speaker you can buy.By Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / @jp2e

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The newest Echo Dot with Clock ($59.99, fifth-gen) shows more info on its brighter, bigger (but still small) display, has more helpful smart home features thanks to a new temperature sensor, and has a new accelerometer that makes tap to snooze actually work. Add in better sound and a speedier Alexa on board, and this is more than just a minor upgrade.

The Echo Dot with Clock has long been my favorite small smart speaker, and with these improvements, it’s now my go-to smart alarm clock. As someone who spends most of her day surrounded by screens, the glanceable LED grid display on the Dot with Clock is a welcome respite at nighttime, providing just enough information at my bedside to be helpful without being distracting. My other preferred bedside table smart speaker is the second-gen Google Nest Hub (the one without a camera). While the Nest does a good job of blending into the background at night thanks to its matte display, the smaller footprint and lack of screen make the Dot with Clock a less intrusive bedside companion.

Amazon’s Echo Dots are the most feature-rich smart speakers you can get for the price. Cheap and easy to stick anywhere, they’re Amazon’s attempt to add its voice assistant to every room of your house. Powered by Alexa, the Dot can do most everything its bigger siblings can, including stream music, set timers, run Alexa Routines, control smart home devices, play games, tell jokes, and work as a home intercom and telephone. 

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